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Out & About: What you’ve been up to!

AT THE LANTAU 50 Runners from Japan, Nepal and Hong Kong were top finishers in the Bupa Global Lantau 50 Asian Skyrunning Championship on December 2. The trail race is organised annually by Action Asia Events and features three distances: 16km, 27km and a blistering 54km. [PHOTOS COURTESY of Action Asia Events.] AT THE YHKCC INTERNATIONAL FUN FAIR AND BAZAAR The YHKCC International Fun Fair and Bazaar was jampacked on December 9. Themed Beyond the… Read More »Out & About: What you’ve been up to!

Out & About! What you’ve been up to

At the Inter-Island Festival People jumped on the Inter-Island Ferry and made their way between Cheung Chau, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan and Peng Chau to take part in the Inter-Island Festival, which was held over four weekends from November 4 to 26. Popular events in Mui Wo included an Island Bee & Bee Workshop, where attendees learnt to make bamboo BnBs for solitary bees, and a Mui Wo Sunset Stroll, which involved a tour… Read More »Out & About! What you’ve been up to

Out & About! What You’ve Been Up To

Previous Next RUNNING FOR FREEDOM 5 IN 5  Mui Wo resident Jo Lodder completed his second Run for Freedom on March 5 running five trails in five days to support two local charities 1st Steps HK and TAILS Lantau. Jo’s epic ‘5 in 5’ (he is the first person to achieve it) saw him covering over 390km and nearly 20,000m in elevation on the Tinworth, Wilson, Hong Kong, MacLehose and Lantau Trails. Aiming to help… Read More »Out & About! What You’ve Been Up To

Happenings & Events – Stuff to Know in April!

LOCKING UP PENNY’S BAY COMMUNITY ISOLATION FACILITY Penny’s Bay Community Isolation Facility (PBCIF), formerly Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre (PBQC), shut its doors on March 1, following Hong Kong’s policy switch from ‘zero COVID’ to ‘living with COVID’. During the closing ceremony, members of the Civil Aid Service (CAS), the facility’s primary manager, held placards reading ‘Mission Accomplished,’ as their band played Auld Lang Syne. When CAS personnel closed the main gate, Under Secretary for Security… Read More »Happenings & Events – Stuff to Know in April!